{139:6} absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi: Et funes extenderunt in laqueum: iuxta iter scandalum posuerunt mihi. {139:6} The arrogant have hidden a snare for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare. They have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.

{139:8} Domine, Domine virtus salutis meæ: obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli: {139:8} Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.

{139:9} Ne tradas me Domine a desiderio meo peccatori: cogitaverunt contra me, ne derelinquas me, ne forte exaltentur. {139:9} O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.

{139:10} Caput circuitus eorum: labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos. {139:10} The head of those who encompass me, the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.

{139:11} Cadent super eos carbones, in ignem deiicies eos: in miseriis non subsistent. {139:11} Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.

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